I did not know Claudia well, but every time I met her when she came to her partner Richard's Tai Chi class, she struck me as really gentle and genuine. I do regret that she and Richard could not come to my birthday-party this year, due to a previous engagement.Ironically I am now being treated for the same illness as Claudia had.I am about halfway through chemotherapy treatment so I can empathise with some of what Claudia went through.